Environment minister Yeo Bee Yin says hundreds are being deployed in Sumatra and Kalimantan to put out fires, while offenders are being apprehended. FMTNews
Environment minister Yeo Bee Yin says Malaysia expressed concern over the haze situation during a meeting with Indonesian embassy officials.
Some 1,680 volunteers are also helping to extinguish the forest fires, while 16 helicopters are being utilised in Kalimantan to carry out water bombing at strategic spots, she said. She said Malaysia reiterated its offer to assist Indonesia to extinguish the raging forest fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra.
The dry spell and the southwest monsoon season have worsened the impact of transboundary haze in Malaysia, with more than 800 hotspots recorded in Kalimantan and 200 in Sumatra.
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